The night was as thick as ink, and when she returned to Princess Rongle's mansion, Ling'er, who was circling in the courtyard, immediately greeted her and shouted, "Master, you are finally back!" We were scared to death. ”

If it was in the past, Man Yao would definitely meet her, smiled and comforted her that she was fine, but today, Man Yao just glanced at her lightly, went straight back to the bedroom, and didn't say anything. Ling Er was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed. Xiao Xu also followed silently, unhurried.

The moonlight is cold, and the lights in Rong'an Pavilion are dim, standing against the wall, leaving a lonely and lonely back outside.

Ling Er walked to the door, her steps unconsciously slowed down a lot, and she felt a little uneasy. She walked ten steps behind Man Yao and stopped, and cautiously tentatively called, "Master?!" ”

Man Yao didn't turn around, his eyes stared straight at the cool white wall, and only after half a sound did he ask, "You just said you were worried about me?" What are you worried about me? ”

Her voice sounded cool, like a handful of water under the cold moonlight, which was refreshing. Ling Er was stunned for a moment, but suddenly didn't know how to answer.

Man Yao sneered lightly: "I'm worried that I will be recognized by the king and won't be able to marry the general of the Wei Guo smoothly, so that you won't be able to complete the task, right?" ”

Ling'er's body shook, and immediately knelt down behind her, lowered her head, and said nothing.

Manyao's heart was cold, they were the closest and most trusted people around her, and the friendship they had spent three years together could not compare to their loyalty to the imperial brother. She turned her eyes to look at the dark sky outside the window, and sighed faintly: "Even you can't believe it, I really don't know, in this world...... Who else can I trust?! ”

Ling'er raised her head, tears flashed in her eyes, she bit her lip, and said, "Master, Ling'er will never betray you, but the emperor will ...... I'm worried that you've been wronged here, so that's why I ......."

"Really?" She sneered and turned to look at Ling'er, with self-deprecation in her eyes.

Ling Er looked at her clear eyes, nodded very seriously, and said, "Yes, master." The emperor was supposed to come to your wedding in person, but he was in a hurry, and he said that he would come to see you in a while. The emperor really loves you, he has never cared so much about other people around him. ”

Man Yao casually found a chair to sit on, and put his eyes on Xiao Sha who was standing at the door, only to see that his eyes were slightly drooping, but his expression was calm. She turned back to Ling'er and asked lightly, "Is that also you?" Ling'er, when did you enter the palace? How many years have you been with the royal brother? She had never thought to ask these questions before, and she felt that the relationship between people was sincere, and there was no need to investigate the past like an interrogation.

Ling'er replied: "I entered the palace at the age of ten, when the emperor was still an unfavored prince, I was thin and small at that time, and my body was not good. I served by the emperor's side for five years and seven months, and was later chosen by the princess. ”

When talking about the past, there was a non-negligible emotion in Ling'er's voice, and she was shocked in her heart, after getting along for so long, she didn't show Ling'er's strange feelings for the royal brother! In the other world for three years, although she acted cautiously, she always regarded herself as an outsider, and she didn't really care about many things. That's right, with the net worth of the imperial brother, not to mention a Ling'er, it is the entire Qiyun Kingdom, what woman doesn't dream of getting the love of this emperor?! Thinking of this, Manyao asked, "When I chose you, didn't you blame me?" ”

Ling'er nodded and shook her head: "At first, I was a little disappointed, but then I followed the master for a long time, and I really liked the master, I have never seen a master treat people like their own friends, I think it is a happy thing to be able to serve the master." ”

She said it with sincerity, and every word seemed like from the bottom of her heart. Manyao's eyes moved, and he said softly: "You get up." ”

Ling'er's eyes lit up and asked, "Master, don't you blame me?" ”

Manyao sighed, what could she blame her? Ling'er is a simple girl, she just did what she thought would be good for both of them, she didn't understand that a prince who was not favored could defeat many favored princes and then ascend to the emperor's throne, such a person was far from as simple as it seemed.

Manyao asked, "Do you know the identity and origin of Traces?" ”

Ling Er shook her head and said, "I haven't seen it before, she came with the emperor's edict and tokens." ”

Even Ling'er doesn't know the identity of the woman? Frowning at them, let them all go down and rest. Xiao Xu turned around and left, never saying a word from beginning to end.

It was already late at night, and she lay on the bed, and as soon as she closed her eyes, her mind was full of the things that had happened in the past few days, and she couldn't sleep. She simply sat up, and at this moment, a black shadow flickered in front of the window, and she immediately became vigilant, and lay down and pretended to be asleep.

The visitor walked straight to the bed and whispered, "Master, it's me." ”

She was stunned for a moment, and immediately opened her eyes, Xiao Sha?! "It's so late, what's wrong?"

Xiao Xiao was close to the bed, with her back to the window, the moonlight was faint, she couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, but she could clearly feel his dignified breath, and only heard him say slowly and solemnly: "Master, if you don't want to marry, your subordinates ...... Willing to take you out of here. ”

was shocked, and suddenly raised his eyes to look at him, the Xiao Xiao in her eyes has always known the severity, he understands when he should do what he should and should not do, but at this moment, he said that she didn't want to get married, so he took her away! Does he understand what that means? It means the betrayal of the royal brothers, and it also means that they will become wanted criminals of the two great powers! Man Yao sat up slowly, in the darkness, her eyes were fixed on his dark eyes, and she said in a deep voice: "Xiao Xu, do you know what you are talking about?" ”

Xiao Xu said in a firm tone: "The subordinates are very clear. This is what my subordinates had thought about two months ago, on the way to heaven. ”

Man Yao was a little surprised, then sighed, leaned against the cold wall, and said, "Leave?" Where can we go? …… Become sinners in Qiyun and Lintian, no matter how big the world is, there will be no place for us. "What she wants is a free life, not a dead end, and she doesn't want to be troubled. No matter how high their martial arts are, how can they be able to defeat two countries?

Xiao Xiao lowered his head when he heard this, staring at the floor tiles under his feet that glowed with cold white light in the moonlight, his eyes gloomy.

Man Yao gathered the brocade quilt on his body and said softly: "Go to sleep." The wedding period is coming, the tea garden is temporarily closed, you and Ling'er don't go out for the past two days, Zongzheng Wuwu didn't pay attention to you before, if he is suspicious, no matter how clever your disguise skills are, you can't escape his eyes. ”

Xiao Xu saw that her face was tired, and her once clear eyes seemed to be covered with a thin layer of ice, still clear, but no longer as bright as ever. He wanted to say something more, but in the end he didn't say anything, stood for a while, and left.

Looking at his back when he left, such a resolute and straight spine didn't look like a subordinate.